| | |  | | Home » Health Care USA: Understanding Its Organization and Delivery, Seventh Edition | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | Health Care USA, Seventh Edition, offers students of health administration, public health, medicine, and related fields a wide-ranging overview of America s health care system. Combining historical perspective with analysis of modern trends, this expanded edition charts the evolution of modern American health care, providing a complete examination of its organization and delivery while offering critical insight into the issues that the U.S. health system faces today. From a physician-dominated system to one defined by managed care and increasingly sophisticated technology, this essential text explains the transformation underway and the professional, political, social, and economic forces that guide it today and will in the future. Balanced in perspective and comprehensive in its coverage, Health Care USA, Seventh Edition, provides students with a clearly organized, straightforward illustration of the complex structures, relationships and processes of this rapidly growing, $2.5 trillion industry. The Seventh Edition has been thoroughly revised to reflect recent developments in this dynamic industry. The latest edition features: A comprehensive overview of the complex and evolving U.S. health care system, plus revised data, material and analysis throughout. The latest benchmark developments in health care, including the response of public health to swine flu and the Obama administration s health care reform. A look at the recent recession s effects on hospital finances. New projections and data trends on the country s health care spending. A forward-looking perspective on the future of the U.S. health care system. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Harry A. Sultz | | Paperback:
| 464 pages | | Publisher:
| Jones & Bartlett Publishers | | Publication Date:
| July 08, 2010 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
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16 of 17 found the following review helpful:
An excellent introductory text for undergradsMar 29, 2000
I used this book as a textbook for a junior-level undergrad course I taught entitled Health Systems Administration. It provides an excellent overview to our U.S. health care system and covers basic material such as how medical education, ambulatory care and health care personnel needs currently are addressed and likely changes in the future. I anticipate using this text again when I teach the course.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 Health Care in a NutshellJan 11, 2008
By janechild
"janechild"
I'm graduating this semester in Health Care Mangement. I reference this book my entire time. This book was a great summary of healthcare. Many say it's hard to read, but I think it did a very good job getting the point across. Before reading this book, I had no knowledge of health care. I felt this one book was able to cover every aspect of health care. This book is well worth it.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Comprehensive introduction, great resourceFeb 21, 2011
By Foreign Public Health professional
This book has something on everything. Very comprehensive. Written with a slightly liberal, social justice bias, this book is a great introduction to how the Health Care System works in the US, its flaws and recent developments. Knowing very little about the US system beforehand, I now feel I have a solid grounding in the basics, with a knowledge of the higher level issues too. The reference list at the end of each chapter is invaluable. It is worth getting the most recent edition as this 7th Ed has been bang up to date for my purposes, with a LOT of updates on developments under the Obama administration compared to my colleagues 6th edition. I have given only 4 stars rather than 5 as I did find the long sentences a bit too much prose for bedtime reading, I found myself breaking the prose into shorter sentences myself! Nonetheless, the sections are clearly labelled and broken into accessible 1-2 page mini-sections within chapters and the index and contents are very good so I would not say the wordiness should put you off if you are used to reading undergraduate or other academic texts.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Health Care USA 6th editionMar 16, 2011
By student
My class required the 7th edition. I found that purchasing the 6th edition (at a much lower price) worked for my class. It first I was skeptical having the earlier version, so I emailed the publisher, asked and received the 7th edition updates for free. Works for me!
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Review: Health Care USA: Understanding Its Organization and Delivery (Sultz, H.A. & Young, K.M.).Sep 14, 2009
By Larry Hasenour
One of the most informative,comprehensive and up to the minute books on healthcare organization and delivery, should be required for every congressman and senator dealing with the current issues of healthcare. and anyone who is learning or who has any interest at all in current healthcare issues.
Esteemed and Distinguished Authors: Harry A. Sultz DDS,MPH Professor and Emeritus of Social and Preventive Medicine at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Scineces, as well as Dean Emeritus of Health Related Professions, and Kristina M. Young, MS, instructor at the University at Buffalo, graduate instructor at the School of Public Health and Health Professions, State University of New York. graduate instructor at Canisius College of Buffalo in the Department of Health and Human Services. and executive director of the Western New Your Public Health Alliance, Inc.
Mr. Sultz has been an expert consultant to several governmental agencies for many years and can be considered as one of the most qualified spokesman for healthcare issues in the entire United States. His impressinve and extensive research background merits him a distinguished place as one of the true chiefs in his field.
a very precise and complete descriptive history of U.S. healthcare,from its beginning, into the present, and dealving wholeheartedly into the future of healthcare in America. Captures the very heartbeat of the U.S. healthcare system. Truly a five star, thumbs up, must read book for everyone.
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